WAYNE KOESTENBAUM, Wil's Divas and the Pathos of the Gay Page, Southwt Review, Vol. 77, No. 1 (WINTER 1992), pp. 101-108
Contents:
- A HANDY GUI TO ALL GAY MEN
- A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
- LADY SOVEREIGN TALKS ABOUT BEG GAY WH “DIVA”
- DIASPORIC DEVIANTS/DIVAS: HOW FILIPO GAY TRANSMIGRANTS "PLAY WH THE WORLD"
- LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
- “CASTA DIVA”: THE WORLD’S FIRST GAY OPERA GUI WH TWO OPERETTAS AND SOME HIDN PORN
- ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
- DO GAY FANDOM HELP POP DIVAS?
A HANDY GUI TO ALL GAY MEN
The gay world is often reprented as some sort of monolhic whole that has the same culture. That is a lie. It is actually broken down to a handful of substrata to which each gay belongs. Here they are. * how to be a diva in the gay world *
However, “diva” isn’t always a women-only al, even though, apart om some gay men, ’s generally famo femal who get saddled wh the mandg, high-matenance “diva” label, which is then easily believed and hard to shake off. The gay world is often reprented as some sort of monolhic whole that has the same culture.
It is actually broken down to a handful of substrata to which each gay belongs.
Here they like the world at large may stereotype gays as mcg wrist flippers wh great taste bent on givg everyone they meet a make over. That said, when the gays see a fellow homosexual the public sphere, we try to plug them to the nvenient taxonomy the muny has ma for self.
A GAY GIRL’S GUI TO THE 2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
* how to be a diva in the gay world *
They may not be very faiar to the world at large, but they are certaly faiar to the brothers butt say that each gay person belongs to one of the typ is a b ceptive. Dcriptn: This young breed of gays is never over 30 and tends to be on the queeny si and hews closely to the nventnal stereotyp of gay man. Wild, ornery, and still gettg over their g out issu, the twk is the gay gone wild, and is ba to olr men who are to tryg to suck off their youthful energy.
Subtegori: The Twunk, the Gay-sian, the A&F boy.
Celebry Example: Kev SmhGay Jocks. Dcriptn: This guy pris himself on the fact that no one thks he is gay until he tells them.
LADY SOVEREIGN TALKS ABOUT BEG GAY WH “DIVA”
A rerd number of out LGBTQ players make this year’s tournament a feast for gay fans. * how to be a diva in the gay world *
He wears T-shirts and ball ps wh his favore team logo, and lik guys who are "non-scene, " unls the scene is a gay sports team.
Subtegori: Gay football players, gay soccer plays, gay gby players, etc. Celebry Example: This is such a specific type don't really exists the world at large, but the Platonic ial of a circu boy is DJ Brett HenrichsenGay-Listers.
DIASPORIC DEVIANTS/DIVAS: HOW FILIPO GAY TRANSMIGRANTS "PLAY WH THE WORLD"
So here is, the world’s “first gay opera gui,” put together by Raer Falk and Sven Limbeck. It vers 100 posers and more than 150 works. Pl one (!) operetta. * how to be a diva in the gay world *
Dcriptn: The are the uppy homos who live the good life, and are generally too good for you. They ually work advertisg, PR, marketg, or the entertament dtry and make a ton of sh which they e to have perfect apartments, fantastic wardrob, and summer hom near all the other gay-listers.
LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
For those who are unfaiar wh the term of "Diva Worship" 's basilly the tenncy for gay man to stan female "Diva's" whether olr artists such as Diana Ross, Cher, Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, Madonna, Ja Jackson and Dolly Parton or more ntemporary artists like Lady Gaga, Beyonce... * how to be a diva in the gay world *
Subtegori: Power gays, the velvet mafia. Dcriptn: The are the kids who are so gay they uld never f durg high school and sought refuge the mic partment.
He drs eher the most current prissy fashns or like a homo versn of Terry Richardson, big glass, flannels, and jeans that looks so thrown together that took him hours to put together. You're more likely to fd them at a gallery openg or mol party, but every so often they'll be at a gay bar to b elbows, and other parts, wh the other homos.
Dcriptn: This is a very small but very powerful ntgent of the gay populatn. The drag queens are not only the urt jters of the gay muny, drsg up like clowns for our entertament, but they are also a bridge to the straight world. As much as gay men appreciate the queens for their looks, w, and sha, straight people love a drag show even more than the queers do.
“CASTA DIVA”: THE WORLD’S FIRST GAY OPERA GUI WH TWO OPERETTAS AND SOME HIDN PORN
Who says gay men don't love women?
So let's brg on the femme adoratn and celebrate the idols most worth gay-genuflectg ont of through eterny. The 12 most fabulo gay ins of all time (female divisn) GarlandThe woman who uld tear your heart out wh a melody and some moist ey, Judy appeals to the outst , as we long to go over the rabow and fd acceptance and a pot of gold. Judy's vulnerabily ma her a quiverg gay in, as did the fact that for years, she kept on gog, able to belt out one more song spe the rigors of the bs that always tried to squeeze more juice out of her brilliance.
ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
Her ath shortly before Stonewall lks her forever to morn gay history.
As she now tri to get a movie of Gypsy produced, the gays are gettg weirdly exced aga. Gays have always loved Carol's scer-eyed way of playg golddiggers and yentas.
" the gay answer is always "Can we listen? "]Diana RossThe se, the scer ey, the vol all adds up to a diva gays love for the relentlsns of her sparkle.
DO GAY FANDOM HELP POP DIVAS?
What's more, she and the Suprem did a 1968 Funny Girl album which may be one of the most gay-iendly acts of cultural cross-pollatn history. Beyonce Gays love a pop diva wh full-throttle sexualy and great mov, and Beyonce remas the queen, cementg that when she played Diana--sorry, Deena-- Dreamgirls.
But I have to give a special shout out to Kylie Mogue, who's more cerebral than sexual, and who is a long-nng gay bar favore, whether vios or the MnelliJudy's dghter has a lot of the same pip, vulnerabily, and love of gays as mama, though she's rved her own niche of "tly terrific, absolutely te" mil them bells for Liza. Gays tton to her ftive spir ("Cabaret"), her undrenchable sense of hope ("Maybe This Time"), her big-town mania ("New York, New York"; "Cy Lights"), and her lash.